The Phase One IQ180 is the company’s top-of-the-range medium-format digital back, boasting nothing less than 80 Megapixels; this makes it the joint highest resolution single exposure device that’s commercially available (alongside the Leaf Aptus II 12), as while the Hasselblad H4D-200MS can generate 200 Megapixel files, it does so by…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-TZ18, or ZS8 as it’s known in North America, is the simpler and more affordable version of the flagship Lumix DMC-TZ20 / ZS10. Announced alongside the TZ20 / ZS10 in January 2011, it replaces the earlier TZ8 / ZS5. Like its predecessor, it offers the same optical zoom range as the higher-end TZ…
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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 is a high-end compact camera aimed at enthusiasts. Announced in July 2010, exactly two years after the classic LX3, the new LX5 takes the same concept of packing a high-sensitivity sensor, bright and wide lens, flash hotshoe and a wealth of manual control into a small and light body.…
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The Canon PowerShot ELPH 310 HS, known outside North America as the IXUS 230 HS, is a 12.1 Megapixel super-slim compact in the typical ELPH / IXUS mould. From here on in I’ll refer to it as the ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS. The ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS features an…
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Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-G3 is a compact interchangeable lens camera with a DSLR-sized sensor and HD video capabilities. Successor to the Lumix G2, it’s the first of Panasonic’s third generation of ‘EVIL’ cameras, and like its predecessors, it’s based on the Micro Four Thirds standard. Like the Lumix G2 before it, the G3 employs the…
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The Alpha DSLR-A100 marks Sony’s debut into the digital SLR market and launches its new Alpha brand. Alpha was born from a collaboration announced back in July 2005 between Sony and Konica Minolta to jointly develop digital SLRs. Later in January 2006, Konica Minolta announced its withdrawal from the photo imaging business, transferring…
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Canon EOS 5D introduction Canon’s EOS-5D is the first ‘affordable’ digital SLR with a full-frame sensor. Launched in October 2005, it represented a new product category for Canon, delivering 12.8 Megapixel resolution and the full-frame benefits of the high-end EOS-1Ds Mark II, while enjoying a price much closer to the consumer range. It’s a unique…
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Announced in February 2011, the Canon IXUS 310 HS, (or PowerShot ELPH 500 HS as it’s known in North America) is Canon’s latest touch-screen compact. This is the first touch-screen model to carry the HS suffix, which stands for High Sensitivity and provides superior low-light shooting performance using a back-illuminated 12.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor. The…
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Canon’s EOS 500D – or Rebel T1i as it’s known in North America – is the company’s latest entry-to-mid-level DSLR and the successor to the hugely popular EOS 450D / Rebel XSi. Announced towards the end of March 2009, the 500D / T1i externally resembles its predecessor with exactly the same dimensions and similar…
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The Nikon D3x is the company’s flagship DSLR, aimed at professional photographers. Announced in December 2008, it becomes the third Nikon DSLR to employ a full-frame ‘FX-format’ sensor, following the D3 and D700, although unlike those models it more than doubles the total number of pixels from 12.1 to 24.5 Megapixels. This allows the D3x…
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